Car-surfing injuries linked to video games

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 7/21/2009

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A group of neurosurgeons analyzing the dangerous teen activity known as car surfing has concluded that its popularity corresponds with the release of the Grand Theft Auto video game series and YouTube clips glorifying the activity. Car surfing, thought to...

kotaku.com - 7/25/2009

Criminal Lies About GTA; D.C. Radio Station Spreads It [Grand Theft Auto]

— kotaku.com — You know how in Grand Theft Auto you can drive around swatting pedestrians with an open car... door? Yes? No? Doesn't matter, a teen headed to jail for doing that blamed it on the game. The prosecutor in the case of Nathan Hartley, convicted of ... (more) Criminal Lies About GTA; D.C. Radio Station Spreads It ...

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